When I first read that, I thought it meant evening dress ie: formal evening gown! ;-) Roy, are you sure your Grandad didn't live in Keighley? {vbg} again! My GreatGrandUncle, Ellis Riley from Keighley, gave piano recitals at the Alhambra in Bradford. When was your Grandfather there? Gail genereau@vbe.com > 'Old' Mr. GREEN > was the manager of the Theatre. He had a tin leg. He was very quick tempered > with his staff. He was the only man in Keighley who worked whilst wearing > evening dress - except for the orchestra, but they lived in Bradford and > elsewhere.> THIS reminds me of my dear old grandad, Fred MIDGLEY, who was the leader of the orchestra at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, for many years. When they had an afternoon matinee, he would leave his home in Pudsey and go off to Bradford on the bus at lunchtime in full evening dress. Most people knew him, of course, but he still used to get some funny looks from strangers.

"Gail Genereau" <genereau@vbe.com> wrote..... > My GreatGrandUncle, Ellis Riley from Keighley, gave piano recitals at the > Alhambra in Bradford. When was your Grandfather there?> HE joined the Alhambra orchestra in about 1928 and played there continuously for around 30 years until he retired in the late 1950s. Of course, he worked for Francis Laidler, the great Bradford theatrical impressario who built the Alhambra and opened it in 1914. I have a super book on it called "Domes of Delight" by the former theatre critic of the Bradford Telegraph & Argus Peter Holdsworth, published in 1989. The Alhambra these days is a civic theatre (belonging to the council) and very resplendent. Roy Stockdill (Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies) Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you, if he does not why humiliate him? - Canon Sydney Smith